Re: Two very minor win32 patches

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Claudio Natoli wrote:
> > For src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c and src/include/c.h
> > (Note: should ioctlsocket_ret be initialized to 1 for BEOS too, and can it
> > take an unsigned parameter? If so, could simplify.)
>
> OK, I have updated this for 7.4 and CVS. Any idea why it has to be
> initialized to 1 and not 0?

Never mind --- I figured it out:

FIONBIO
The argp parameter is a pointer to an unsigned long value. Set argp
to a nonzero value if the nonblocking mode should be enabled, or zero if
the nonblocking mode should be disabled. When a socket is created, it
operates in blocking mode by default (nonblocking mode is disabled).
This is consistent with BSD sockets.

argp value Nonblocking mode

0 Disabled
nonzero Enabled

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/ioctlsocket_2.asp

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